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Object Number 40-39-50/4613.1
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearhead, iron blade, leaf-shaped, twisted stem, socket end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Waiteta
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm (11 x 1 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-39-50/4613

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